Rick Adelman Basket Quotations

Bryant is hard to guard. He makes tough shots. He attacks you going to the basket and tonight he made some tough jump shots. He is just tough to cover.

He was attacking the basket and he was getting to the basket on them. At the defensive end, he made two or three defensive plays that were really unbelievable plays.

We always talk about basketball stuff, ... She'll talk to me about the practice, what she observed. She's very knowledgeable. She's been very good as a coach up there. They really do play hard, do the right thing.

Ron was attacking the basket and getting (inside). Mike was good, too. They worked well together. It was a nice all-around game.

Ron made James work for the shots he got. We really wanted to have somebody in his way when he came off picks. We just didn't want him to get to the basket or get on any kind of roll. We wanted to make other people beat us.

Ron made James work for the shots he got. One thing Ron makes guys do is work for every shot. We always wanted someone in his way. He's a great player but we didn't want him to get to the basket - we wanted other people to beat us.

I can't say enough about our basketball team.

He did fine, better than I thought. I think he was excited to start playing basketball again.